SHANGHAI, China: China’s premier vowed on Wednesday to further open up domestic markets and slammed “unilateral and protectionist” behaviour by other countries, as Beijing positions itself as an attractive destination for global firms spurned by United States’ (US) tariffs. The Asian export giant has courted alternative trade partners throughout months
BUCKINGHAM Palace will next year host an unprecedented exhibition highlighting the fashion legacy left by the late queen Elizabeth II during her 70-year reign. “The wardrobe of her late majesty is a snapshot of a very long life, a life of duty, and in so many ways it’s a time
PRAGUE: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has confirmed Viktor Gyokeres will miss Tuesday’s Champions League clash away to Slavia Prague after he became the latest Gunners’ forward to be sidelined by injury. The Sweden striker did not train on Monday after being substituted with a muscle problem during the Premier League
WAHINGTON, United States (US): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut, Jared Isaacman, to head NASA, again tapping the close associate of Elon Musk to lead the US space agency. The nomination, announced by Trump on Truth Social, came six months after the president withdrew
ATHENS: At least two people died and several were injured on Saturday, state media reported, in a shooting on the Greek island of Crete suspected to be linked to a family vendetta. State news agency ANA said at least two people, including a 50-year-old woman, were killed in an exchange
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: Authorities confiscated more than USD2 million worth of weapons during a recent anti-drug raid in Rio de Janeiro, the deadliest in Brazil’s history, the state government said Saturday. Last Tuesday, the massive police operation in two favela complexes left at least 117 suspected criminals and four
CAIRO: Egypt officially opened the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) on Saturday, a long-awaited, billion-dollar showcase of pharaonic grandeur that Cairo hopes will revive tourism and boost its battered economy. “Today, as we celebrate together the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, we are writing a new chapter in the history
HANOI: Record heavy rains and flooding in central Vietnam last week have killed 35 people, disaster management officials said Sunday, with five more still missing in the deluge. Heavy rain has pummelled Vietnam’s coastal provinces since the previous weekend, with a record of up to 1.7 metres (5 feet 6 inches)
KATHMANDU: An Australian climber has died while attempting to scale Nepal’s 7,126-metre (23,379-foot) Himlung Himal, tourism officials said Sunday. Chin-Tark Chan, 49, fell ill during his ascent of the moderately difficult mountain near the border with Tibet on October 29. “He was dead at an altitude of 6,100 metres,” Tourism
MEXICO CITY, Mexico: A supermarket explosion killed at least 23 people in northern Mexico on Saturday, according to local officials, with investigators saying the blast was an accident, possibly caused by a faulty electric transformer. “Sadly, a number of the victims we’ve found were minors,” Alfonso Durazo, the Governor of